Sliling seat for motor-cars and the like



A. E. COLE.

SLIDING SEAT FOR MOTOR CARS AND THE new APPLICAHON HLhD NOV-l3,15\9.

Patented J um. 2b, 32 1.

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SLILING SEAT Appliation filed November 13, 1919.

To all er/10m if mug, cor/(win:

Be it known that l, Aiiincn'r llnwann Conn, snhjert of the hing of (treat Britain. residing at 235 Hannnersmith road, London, T. (j. England. have inyented eertainnew and nset'nl improvements in Gliding Seats For Motor-(hrs and the like. of which the following is a sperzitieation.

This invention relates to seats for motor ears and the like and partienlarly to seats of the arniehair type,

The ohjert of this invention is to provide an improved winstrnetion ol seat, whereby the position thereof may he alteredf i\ seat ronstrnrted in aceordanee with this invention i slidahly mounted on a lixed slideway in the (ill hotly in sneh a manner that it (an he moved harkward and forward and looked in any position by the oe npant ol' the seat when sittin therein Mounted on the underside of the lJtU-lt} ol the seat are one or more rollers whiz-h are adapted to hear against: a horizontal guide way or liase plate li.\'ed in the ear hody and a lot-king; device is atta herl to the seat and is adapted to he operated by the oeenpant While sittin; in the seat, to hold said seat in any position alone the nnideway. A namher l small wheels or rollers may also he snitahly mounted at the hase ol' the seat to hear against the dges of the gnideway to lessen Tl lClllilt an l to prevent side play.

The locking" derive may onsisti ot a sprin eont'roll d lrrer pivotally mounted at the haste ot the one end of said lever heing hent so that it normally engages one of a nnmher of h es formed in the fixed hori mntal plate and the other end extending heyond the seat so that it ran he operated by the hand or toot ot' the oeenpant in order to disengage the other end from the hole in the tixed plate The lrann-work ol the seat is prel'erahly eoniposed ol' tailing Welded together.

in order to nnd rstand the invention t'nlly it will now he desi-rihed with relerenee to the :n-ionipanyin r drawings in \rlii h F gure l is :i perspert ire view ol' one l'orni oi se' eon strnr'ted in a ordanee with this invention: Fig '1 is a sid ell". al'ion ol the lot-king" llitllianisni: l i gw I) is .i plan thereol': lig, 4 is a Fig. 5 is a perspeetive view and Fig. ti is a ide elevation oi a inodi tied eonstrni-tion ot loekiir; mechanism.

The eat I is of the arm-(hair type with rounded lltlt'k having the framework Pon- Specification of Letters Patent.

hi the seat is a metal plate III COLE, OF LONDON ENGLAND.

FOR MOTOR-CARS AND THE LHLEv Serial No. 337.818.

strueted ol light tnhin Welded together. Fixed to the nnderside of the hase ol' the frame and disposed midway ol' the length Altaihed to the underside of this plate I) and at eat-h side thereof are two angle pieres w 1- oz L-sertion so arranged as to art as hearings for the two rollers (Z extending; transversely aeross. These rollers u 1/ are adapted to hear against the plate \rhirh is fixed in the ear ho ly (not shown) and on which the seat is arranged to slide. Hinall wheels I j mounted in brackets r/ 5/ are titted at eaeh end of. the two angle pier-es" (r e and are so arrang d as to hear against the edges ot the timed plate r to prevent any side niorement and a so to lessen frirtion.

l\lounted at H on the plate is a lever 11, eontrolled hy the spring i. one end /r ot said lever is hent snhst'antially at right anglesso that it nornially engages one oi the holes in the plate e While the other end ol' the lever la extends heyond the Front of the seat and is so shaped as at m so that it ran he depressed either hy the foot or hand in order to disengage the end ll lrom the hole i.

The position of the seat may he altered from the bark as follows:Monnted on the plate 71 is a hell crank 0, one end of which engages with an extension 1) formed on the hook Z': oi the lever ii. The other end ot' said hell (I ank has a Wire 1] onneeted to it Wllit'l] is earried around a pulley r to the top of the hark of the seat. lly pulling the he i; the hell crank o aises the hook 7r. ln addition to the wire r a rod s is eonneeted to the hell crank so that the position of the seat ran he adjusted from the lndlwlll.

Figs. and 6 show how the seat may he altered from the side as well as at the haek.

Mounted in l'iearings on the seat frame work is a rod in having at one end a lient over arm .1' adapted to engage with the end of the lever it and at the other end a bent up arm \rhieh is adapted to roar-t with the rod e idahly mounted in one ol the rert al tnhnlar ineinhers ot' the traniework.

The said rod may he moi ed in: the hand e 2. hen the rod is l'ori'ed down on to the arm 1 the El'lTl .i depress thelerer and H ises the hook xl out of the ho e The front portion of th seat may he adapted to assume an nprin i position when not in use and for the purp the trout por tion may he hinged at springs i/ w heing provided so that the hinged portion low Patented June 28 1921.

ered against the action of said springs. The lever h is also hinged at it, so that the front portion m can be turned back.

u, 11 are wheels-fitted to the base of the frame of the seat and adapted to roll on the floor of the car body.

A suitable housing may be fitted over the locking mechanism, to prevent padding or the like from interfering with the Working thereof.

What I claim is 1. An adjustable seat for vehicles, comprising a seat body having a front portion pivotally connected thereto, a plate attached to the seat body a runway fixed to the vehicle body on which said plate is slidably mounted, a locking device including a sectional lever mounted on said plate, one of the sections of said lever extending forward over the front portion of the seat, and means for pivotally connecting said sections of the lever. whereb the front portion of the seat and said extended section may be moved to folded position when the seat is unoccupied.

2. An adjustable seat for vehicles, comprising a seat body having a front portion pivotally connected thereto, a plate attached to the base of the seat body, a locking device including a spring-pressed lever pivotally mounted on said plate, a runway including a plate fixed to the car body having a series of apertures formed therein, anti-friction rollers mounted, on the plate attached to the seat-base adapted to engage said runway, said lever consisting of a section having one end bent downwardly to engage any one of said apertures, and an operating part pivotally connected to the other end of said section extending forwardly beyond the front portion of said seat, whereby said lever may be operated by the occupant of the seat or folded with the front portion of said seat when the latter is unoccupied.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT E. COLE.

Witnesses (isonon TornAM, NEVILLE E. BROOKES.

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